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What do you think? Are we rightous before God or is it your pride that keeps you/me from Him?
I arose this morning with this question burning in my brain. I am under going lessons in dealing with addiction..Praise God it's working by His grace. But what is really starting to rip at me is this. Ever since I have been lets just say clean, I have found my self not needing to ask God for forgiveness even though we all should be asking everyday for God to forgive us just for the mere fact of who we are. Anyway I am being made whole in Christ. I can't remember the verse but, it goes something like this the angels are full of praise to God when one person asks for forgiveness and is broken before God, more than the rightous person who does not need to ask for forgiveness. This really bothers me ,partly in fact that I consider myself to be broken everyday, there's always something to be fixed in my life/heart. So is it considered pride in myself that I "pride" myself in not sinning or is it to be rightous before God that makes me not to sin. I find a very thin line drawn here. Pride is hard one to break and Gods hates pride. Lets talk about it....
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Permalink Reply by Joe-Gil on -
Hey T,
It's really quite amazing, everything you posted here came like a flood in my head. I have always asked God to show me what sins I need to confess and make clean before Him. Right now God is showing me a huge one. I know I was born into but after salvation we become rightous before God. When I find myself engulfed in Gods word daily, I do find it alot harder to sin before His throne when walking in His light. That was my point, even though we do find it hard to sin in Gods presence. We are still sinners in this world, until we see His face. I guess thats where a contrite heart comes into play,staying humble before Him and realizing there is always something to ask for forgiveness for. Now weather it be pride or self rightousness thats up to individual to let God show them the way. Staying Humble before God keeps your spirit eye open to see what needs to be brought before God.
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Permalink Reply by R on -
We can never be perfectly righteous while we're on earth. I remember something like this: "If we find ourselves humble for a time, then we already have lost humility.". This statement can be somewhat similar when it comes to being righteous. We need humility to say that we are unrighteous,but once we say that we are righteous, we lose righteousness at that point.
I remember bad things that I have done every time I reason out to God about the things happening to me. I say:" Why is this happening to me Lord , haven't I been good enough?. But then again it is written, "all have fall short of the glory of God", and I feel that it apploes for both the save and the unsaved.So I find myself sinful at His feet and find comfort in His words.That's why I need God. That's why you need God.
That's all for now.
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